SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Georg Simmel, Conspicuous Consumption

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2112
• Professor: William Flynn

Document Summary

The questions are designed to evaluate your familiarity with, and comprehension of the course material i. e. the weekly readings. Therefore you must not use any sources outside of the assigned readings and lectures (wikipedia, social theory readers, etc) Answer in standard essay format i. e. your essay should have an introductory paragraph, a main body consisting of several paragraphs and a conclusion. In the introduction you should clearly state the main thesis/argument of your paper. Your conclusion should briefly summarize the main key points of your essay and tie into your thesis statement/argument form the introductory paragraph. When citing the original source from a reading you should include authors surname, date of publication and page number in brackets. I will put a list of the full bibliographic information for all the readings on bbl. Choose one of the following questions to answer. Read page 2 of the syllabus regarding the exact requirements.